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Austin J Surg. 2017; 4(4): 1109.
Tinea Imbricata
Bajpai M¹*, Pardhe N² and Vijay P²
¹Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, NIMS Dental College, India
²Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, King George’s Medical University, India
*Corresponding author: Bajpai M, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, NIMS Dental College, Jaipur, India
Received: December 04, 2017; Accepted: December 12, 2017; Published: December 19, 2017
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An 8 year old presented with the chief complaint of several itchy hypo pigmented scars on her left side of face since 2 months, but other parts of her body were normal. Skin scrapings were microscopically examined in KOH 10% and numerous irregular, branch and septate hyaline hyphae were observed. The patient was successfully treated with oral terbinafine 250mg/day, topical clotrimazole (1% ointment), topical miconazole (2% cream) two times daily and potassium permanganate for daily washing for four weeks. After 1 year of follow up no complaint, reported about the relapse of infection (Figure 1).
Tinea imbricata is an unusual form of tinea corporis caused by the strictly anthropophilic dermatophyte T. concentricum.
Figure 1: Erythematous itchy lesion of face.
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